East Coast residents fight to keep cool in heat wave
A sizzling heat wave in North America has more than 70 million people in the US under heat alerts, with warnings also issued in four Canada provinces. The extreme heat…
New Mexico wildfire fills residential area with smoke
Officials in New Mexico have ordered an immediate evacuation of Ruidoso, a village in the southeastern part of the state, as a wildfire rapidly spreads. Authorities urged residents to leave…
US soldier Gordon Black jailed for nearly four years in Russia
A Russian court has sentenced a US soldier to three years and nine months in jail on charges of theft and threatening to kill his girlfriend, state news agencies reported.…
Tributes paid to ‘true giant’ of baseball, Willie Mays
The baseball world has saluted the achievements of Willie Mays, widely considered one of the sport’s best ever players, after his death at age 93. Mays was twice declared the…
Boeing crash victims’ families shout at CEO as he apologises in hearing
11 hours ago By Caitlin Wilson reporting from Capitol Hill and Max Matza in Seattle, BBC News Getty Boeing’s chief executive Dave Calhoun faced a grilling from US senators about the company’s…
Biden faces complex juggling act on immigration as election nears
US President Joe Biden has vowed not to “play politics” with the southern border and immigration – a potentially tall order as the US hurtles toward the November presidential election.…
Man arrested in connection to rape of 13 year old in Queens
Christian Geovanny Inga-Landi, 25, is facing charges of rape, robbery, kidnapping, endangering the welfare of a child, possession of a weapon and sexual abuse. He is suspected of raping a…
Villagers ‘scared to death’ by New Mexico wildfires
Residents of a New Mexico village have described their panic as two wildfires sweep through a mountain range – causing evacuations, an emergency declaration, and one death. The two blazes…
‘Pretty spectacular’ discovery in George Washington’s cellar
Archaeologists have excavated bottles from the basement of the first US president’s Virginia estate. What they found inside blew them away. The glass contained perfectly preserved fruit, including cherries and…
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